Re: [pfSense] Strange fe80::1:1 link-local address on LAN interface

2016-05-27 Thread Chris Buechler
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 6:03 AM, Olivier Mascia wrote: > LAN Interface (lan, igb0) > Status up > MAC Address 00:08:a2:09:58:96 > IPv4 Address10.32.0.1 > Subnet mask IPv4255.255.0.0 > IPv6 Link Local fe80::1:1%igb0 (???) >

Re: [pfSense] Strange fe80::1:1 link-local address on LAN interface

2016-05-27 Thread Walter Parker
In IPv6, Link Local fe80::1:1 is like what IPv4 does when there isn't a DHCP server (it auto assigns an address from 169.254.0.0/16 ). The IPv6 RFC documents two ways to generate these link local address. The second method generates addresses that are not dependent on the MAC address. Unlike the

Re: [pfSense] Strange fe80::1:1 link-local address on LAN interface

2016-05-26 Thread Olivier Mascia
By the way, this is on a pfSense/Netgate device and I still have at least 2 support incidents available. I'd happily burn at least one of them to have someone remotely check this. I'll be back on site within 2 hours from this post, I'll check the web by then for the proper procedure to open a

[pfSense] Strange fe80::1:1 link-local address on LAN interface

2016-05-26 Thread Olivier Mascia
LAN Interface (lan, igb0) Status up MAC Address 00:08:a2:09:58:96 IPv4 Address10.32.0.1 Subnet mask IPv4255.255.0.0 IPv6 Link Local fe80::1:1%igb0 (???) IPv6 Address2a02:578:4d07::1 Subnet mask IPv664 MTU